'''''The Davis Enterprise''''' is a twice-weekly newspaper published in Davis, California.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Davis Enterprise (Davisville [Davis, Calif.]) 1906-Current |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn92068902/ |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref>
{{Infobox newspaper | name = The Davis Enterprise | type = Twice-weekly newspaper | owners = McNaughton Newspapers | founder = Louis A. Eichler | editor = Sebastian Oñate | founded = 1897 | language = English | headquarters = 325 G Street,<br/> Davis, California 95616 | sister_newspapers = ''Daily Republic'' | oclc = 26709961 | website = {{URL|davisenterprise.com}} }}
== History == In December 1897, Louis A. Eichler established ''The Davisville Enterprise.''<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 31, 1897 |title=Salutary. |work=Davis Enterprise |pages=2}}</ref> He was succeeded by William H. Scott in September 1899.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 15, 1899 |title=We Step Out. |work=Davis Enterprise |pages=4}}</ref> Scott changed the paper's name in April 1907 to ''The Davis Enterprise.''<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 14, 1906 |title=Dropping Of The "Ville" {{!}} Hereafter To Be "Davis Enterprise" |work=Davis Enterprise |pages=1}}</ref> He published the paper for 36 years until selling it to Chelso A. Maghetti in March 1935.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 23, 1935 |title=Postmaster At Davis Purchases Enterprises |work=Woodland Daily Democrat |pages=1}}</ref> Douglas and Mary Tibbitts purchased the ''Enterprise'' from Maghetti in December 1954 after he was appointed sectary of the state highway commission.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 24, 1954 |title=Woodland Couple Buys Davis Paper |work=The Sacramento Bee |pages=15}}</ref>
By August 1966, the couple owned the ''Enterprise, The Woodland Record'' and ''East Yolo Record.'' It was at that time they merged their company with McNaughton Newspapers and became junior partners in the new business.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 18, 1966 |title=Tibbitts Merge With McNaughton Papers |work=Davis Enterprise |pages=1}}</ref> A year later the Tibbitts sued the company for closing ''The Woodland Record'' and selling ''East Yolo Record,'' which they claimed the McNaughton family said wouldn't happen during the merger negotiations.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 1, 1967 |title=Ruling In Awaited Yolo Publishing Suit |work=The Sacramento Bee |pages=13}}</ref> Around that time co-owner John T. McNaughton died.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 24, 1967 |title=John T. McNaughton Final Rites Tuesday |work=The Davis Enterprise |pages=1}}</ref> Suburban Newspapers, Inc., who had purchased the Woodland paper, sued the Tibbitts for $120,000 in damages ({{Inflation|US|120000|1967|fmt=eq}}).<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 25, 1967 |title=Tibbitts Face $120,000 Suit In Yolo Paper Sale |work=The Sacramento Bee |pages=23}}</ref>
In 2012, company founder Dean McNaughton died.<ref name="Special">{{cite news |date=June 6, 2012 |title=Newspaper patriarch dies |url=http://www.mtdemocrat.com/news/newspaper-patriarch-dies/ |access-date=October 5, 2017 |work=Mountain Democrat |location=Placerville, California}}</ref> In 2015, the ''Enterprise'' closed its printing press in Davis and switched to using the press of the ''Daily Republic'' in Fairfield, also owned by McNaughton Newspapers.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2015-01-15 |title=Enterprise consolidates printing operations |url=https://www.davisenterprise.com/news/enterprise-consolidates-printing-operations/article_52b8c639-ff51-5dc6-b181-445998b7acfa.html |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=The Davis Enterprise |language=en}}</ref> In 2025, the paper reduced its print schedule from three to two days a week.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Mark |date=May 10, 2024 |title=Davis Enterprise stops publishing Friday print edition to contain costs |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2024/05/10/davis-enterprise-ends-friday-print-edition.html |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=Sacramento Business Journal}}</ref> That same year, the ''Enterprise'' laid off popular columnist Bob Dunning, who had been at the paper nearly 55 years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ponce |first=Chris |date=June 11, 2024 |title=The Davis Enterprise fires popular columnist Bob Dunning without explanation {{!}} The Aggie |url=https://theaggie.org/2024/06/11/the-davis-enterprise-fires-popular-columnist-bob-dunning-without-explanation/ |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=The Davis Aggie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Philp |first=Tom |date=May 10, 2024 |title=Laid off from his newspaper job of 54 years, Bob Dunning remains the voice of Davis {{!}} Opinion |url=https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article288203905.html |access-date=June 6, 2025 |work=The Sacramento Bee}}</ref> Freelance business columnist Wendy Weitzel cut ties with the paper in protest. The two then each launched successful Substack newsletters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maher |first=Bron |date=2024-07-03 |title=Veteran columnists making more money on Substack after local newspaper exits |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/newsletters/substack-bob-dunning-wendy-weitzel-davis-enterprise-california/ |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=Press Gazette |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Further reading ==
* "Centennial: The Davis Enterprise: We’ve grown and changed along with Davis" by Debbie Davis (July 2, 2017)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Debbie |date=2017-07-02 |title=Centennial: The Davis Enterprise: We’ve grown and changed along with Davis |url=https://www.davisenterprise.com/news/centennial-the-davis-enterprise-we-ve-grown-and-changed-along-with-davis/article_7d7255df-9120-5aed-9b68-21b25174a883.html |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=The Davis Enterprise |language=en}}</ref> * The Davis Enterprise - DavisWiki<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Davis Enterprise |url=https://localwiki.org/davis/The_Davis_Enterprise |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=LocalWiki|date=December 16, 2018}}</ref>
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